Conceptual Sketchs

For the conceptual sketches I decided to use what I consider to be the real mythology, old religions. I based all of my drawings on Roman/Greek, Native American, and Egyptian mythology. I also included text in some format in all of my drawings.

For this first image I decided to draw canopic jars out of hieroglyphics and letters. Each jar's words spell out the name of the creature that guarded the organ with in it's jar. The symbolism used here is the images of the jars. The word relationship is inter-medial.
For this image I drew from a well known painting, Venus. The symbol that tells the viewer that this is Venus is mostly the shell. However her beauty is also sometimes referred to as a symbol. At the bottom I added the saying love conquers all in Latin. The word relationship is trans-medial.
This image is a representation of a myth that semi-relates to real life. In this image I abstractly show the battle between Orion and the scorpion. In a not well recorded myth, the scorpion is sent to kill Orion which he does by stinging him. Orion is later set in the sky as a constellation as well as the scorpion. Ironically the scorpion rises in one hemisphere as Orion sets therefore the two are never in the sky at the same time. This image is a mix of the actual sky, a pictorial representation of the story, and a small prose that adds to the image. The symbols here are mostly among the constellations. The word relationship could be either trans-medial or multi-medial.
In this image I showed the symbol of Kokopelli, a Native American god of fertility, also a trouble maker. This symbol is widely known especially in the south. I used words here to make an illusion of music coming from Kokopelli's flute. The words are actually "The Ballad of Kokopelli". The word relationship here can be either mixed-medial or inter-medial.
For my last sketch I drew the image of Poseidon on a hippocamp. The symbol that tells the viewer that this is Poseidon and not just a random merman is the trident. Other symbols that allude to him being Poseidon are the hippocamp, a "sea horse" that is famous for pulling Poseidon's chariot, and the dolphin which is commonly seen in images with Poseidon. In the image is a Hymn that was written for Poseidon. The word relationship could be either trans-medial or multi-medial.